Q.1-10. In each of the following sentences there are two blank spaces. Below each five pairs of words have been denoted by numbers (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5). Find out which pair of words can be filled up in the blanks in the sentences in the same sequence to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
Q.1. Students from 2 universities _____ in support of JNU after arrest of student Prez on charges of sedition, asserting _____ dissent is a right and not a crime in a democracy.
(1) demonstration, that (2) demonstrated, this (3) demonstrated, that (4) demonstrate, that (5) demonstrated, those
Q.2. An unprecedented war _____ case brought against a Malian jihadist for allegedly destroying centuries-old shrines at the _____ heritage site of Timbuktu opens at the International Criminal Court today.
(1) crime, world (2) crimes, earth (3) criminal, world (4) crimes, international (5) crimes, world
Q.3. North Korea must pay the price for its _____ nuclear test and rocket launch, South Korean President Park Geun-Hye said today, vowing to pressure Pyongyang into _____ denuclearisation as its only viable option for survival.
(1) latest, accepting (2) latest, accept (3) newest, accepting (4) latest, acceptance (5) new, acceptance
Q.4. Dozens of Russian _____ sat idle today on the tarmac at this Russian air base in Syria on the fourth day of a _____ brokered by Moscow and Washington.
(1) planes, cease-fire (2) warplanes, cease-fire (3) ships, cease-fire (4) destroyers, cease-fire (5) warplanes, stop
Q.5. US State Dept has _____ public final batch of emails taken from a private server which _____ secretary of state Hillary Clinton controversially used during her time in office.
(1) make, previous (2) made, last (3) making, former (4) made, former (5) makes, former
Q.6. A federal judge has _____ that the US Justice Department cannot use a 227-year-old law to force Apple to provide the FBI with access to locked iPhone data, dealing a blow to the government in its battle with the company over _____ and public safety.
(1) ruled, privacy (2) rules, privacy (3) ruling, privacy (4) ruled, private (5) ruling, private
Q.7. Hardening further for third day, rupee _____ another 18 paise to 68.24 against USD in early trade on Tuesday on sustained _____ of the US currency by banks and exporters.
(1) advanced, sell (2) advanced, selling (3) advancing, selling (4) advance, selling (5) advances, selling
Q.8. The Reserve Bank is likely to _____ with its accommodative stance and may go for a 25 basis points rate _____, an HSBC report says.
(1) keep, cut (2) continuing, cut (3) continue, cutting (4) continue, cut (5) continuing, cutting
Q.9. Markets regulator Sebi has _____ a total penalty of Rs 4.5 lakh on three firms for not _____ with SCORES, the regulators'' online complaint redressal system.
(1) impose, registering (2) imposing, register (3) imposed, registering (4) impose, registered (5) imposed, register
Q.10. Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) has given a _____ down to the Union Budget 2016-17 and said the NDA government''s goal of _____ farmers'' income in the next five years is a "dream".
(1) thumb, doubling (2) finger, doubling (3) index, doubling (4) thumbs, double (5) thumbs, doubling
Answers
Q.1. (3)
Q.2. (5)
Q.3. (1)
Q.4. (2)
Q.5. (4)
Q.6. (1)
Q.7. (2)
Q.8. (4)
Q.9. (3)
Q.10. (5)
